Passages from The Economist article by Mark Carney and Alexander Stubb, Canada's Prime Minister and Finland's President (link below) In their piece, "Prepare for a world of ad hoc coalitions," they set out a third-way vision of middle powers www.economist.com/by-invitatio... #economy @economist.com

Trump abandons freedom fighter Maria Corina Machado in favor of dictator Delcy Rodriguez. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Wage growth is down compared to last year just as inflation is spiking. That means workers' real wages are shrinking. To restore purchasing power, Trump and the Fed must act to reign in the price spike caused by the Iran War.

“.. It is hard to wrap your head around that the president of the United States would engage in this level of self-enrichment at the expense of so many of his supporters.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Trump has earned $2.3 billion since the beginning of his presidency through 4 different crypto schemes.   The common denominator for each: the Trumps win big, and you lose. Data from @reuters.com.

Some thoughts on the latest actions by Secretary Hegseth and the effects on a command I know well www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happe...

The misplaced animus of this administration toward military leaders is costing our country so much uniformed talent.

Trump on his Iran deal: "It's a very strong deal. Nobody knows what it is, but it's very strong."

Trump does it again open.substack.com/pub/glennkes...

Really an excellent video. Should, IMHO, be shared far and wide. newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-vietn...

DON’T TELL MEATBALL RON !

Mike Lee blames Capitol Hill reporters for the $39 trillion national debt.

Let Pete pay for it himself

What’s happening in Ukraine and Iran? This might help. My latest in the @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/will-wins-...

Randy George’s replacement, Gen. Chris LaNeve, is Hegseth’s former military assistant. An Army officer told me that LaNeve “is not well qualified” for the post and “doesn’t have a great reputation.” He won White House favor by congratulating Trump on his inauguration via video call. wapo.st/4v9trlZ

I tend to get dogpiled every time I say this but: as someone *who likes bluesky and benefits from being here* we have a problem. The network is shrinking, not growing. It's shrinking a lot: only about 1.1m people a day even like a post. This time last year it was 1.6m.

RT if you miss having a President with a functioning brain.

#farmtotaber A farmers take on this... youtu.be/13gQAt7OzxE?...

“The Trump administration is funneling another country’s oil revenues into handpicked accounts with virtually no oversight,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said in a statement. “Congress cannot allow Trump to treat Venezuela’s oil profits like his personal slush fund.”

My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/text-messa...

Under what legal authority does the president take ownership of another country’s oil — and then deposit the proceeds in offshore bank accounts that circumvent Congress’s power of the purse? Who knows? Trump told the NY Times: “I don’t need international law.” wapo.st/4pApDGu

“The prospect of Delcy Rodríguez teaming up with Trump to loot Venezuela’s fossil fuel resources makes me sick to my stomach. I’ve known all along the outcome would be bad. I didn’t think it would be this bad.” www.persuasion.community/p/what-you-n...

“Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed.” This and Zelensky’s facial expression and body language tells us everything we need to know about where this is.

Newsom should buy a beer for the best plaque to display under each photo

An interview I did earlier in the week with Margaret Hoover for @firinglineshow.bsky.social on @pbs.org will air Friday at 8:30 ET.

He was regular beaten with a plastic pipe and survived on a paltry diet of ground-up fish heads: The horrors of Ukraine's "civilian hostages" seized and held in Russia's modern gulag. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...

On @cnn.com with Sara Sidner this morning discussing Venezuela and Ukraine. youtu.be/LFMT1hD8uoA

Excellent explanation by @markhertling.bsky.social of why the proposed U.S.–Russia “peace plan” would reward Russian aggression, undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty, alienate U.S. allies, and shows a dangerous misunderstanding U.S. strategy and values. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OA1...

From truckernews.com “Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Wednesday announced the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will withhold over $40 million from California…” Old GOP - States Rights, States Rights, States Rights New GOP- The Feds will crush your State if you don’t bow to us

Wondering why? popular.info/p/trumps-arg...

"The fog of confusion is getting thicker by the moment unfortunately," said Mark Malek, chief investment officer at SiebertNXT in New York. "We are getting a lot of just different conflicting information: tariffs are on, tariffs are off, some tariffs are off and so forth." I thought it was just me

Now he is a hydraulic engineer. apple.news/AjLB6S3VDToe...